(Nanowerk News) Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed a high performance plaster which boasts a thermal insulation value three-times ...

Q: My home was built in 1944, and even the new addition, a porch converted to a dining area about 20 years ago, has lath and plaster walls. Is there a way to insulate these walls? Also, would it be ...

Q: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It’s been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s. The ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cabot Corporation (CBT) announces that HASIT Trockenmörtel GmbH’s Fixit 222 Aerogel product, a Cabot aerogel-containing insulating plaster material, was recently recognized as ...

Old buildings are beautiful -- and hard to insulate. Swiss engineers have developed a new Aerogel-based plaster that provides twice the insulation of currently used insulating renders. The product ...

They have that ''certain something'' and yet unrenovated historic buildings are not energy efficient. Researchers in the European project EFFESUS (Energy Efficiency for EU Historic Districts ...

Dear Angie: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It's been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s.